Canadian guidelines for the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
J. Curtis Nickel1,
Sender Herschorn2,
Jacques Corcos2,
Bryan Donnelly1,
Doug Drover2,
Mostafa Elhilali1,
Larry Goldenberg1,
John Grantmyre2,
Bruno Laroche2,
Richard Norman1,
Bruce Piercy1,
Karen Psooy2,
Gary Steinhoff1,
John Trachtenberg1,
Fred Saad1,
Simon Tanguay1
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 2677-2683, 2005
Abstract Objective: To develop the first Canadian guidelines for the management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Methods: These guidelines, developed under a mandate provided by the Canadian Urological Association (CUA), were a collaborative effort between the CUA guidelines committee and the Canadian Prostate Health Council. BPH guidelines developed by the American Urological Association, the European Association of Urology, the World Health Organization International Consultation on BPH, and similar committees from Germany, Sweden and Australia were reviewed. The committee further reviewed a systematic literature search, updated to May 2004, and systematically derived… More >